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Urban Planning Lab
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A lab that decodes complex urban phenomena using mathematical methods.
AboutAbout the lab
Decoding cities mathematically to pursue their reality
The Urban Planning Lab is based on urban analytics. It reproduces or decodes complex urban phenomena with mathematical methods in pursuit of the "reality" of cities.
Urban planning is the technique of planning urban space, as the setting of human life, to be safe, comfortable, and beautiful, and of bringing that plan to reality.
While conducting empirical research grounded in theory, the lab aims to train people who are familiar with conditions in Japan and abroad and who can adapt to different cultures.
Key terms
- Urban analytics
- A field within urban planning research. It reproduces or decodes complex urban phenomena with mathematical methods.
- Viewing position (shitenba)
- A place from which a beautiful landscape is viewed. Its location is considered an important element in shaping urban landscapes.
- Camera calibration
- A technique used to develop methods for accurately estimating, from information in paintings and maps, the viewing positions from which landscape paintings were painted.
ResearchResearch themes
Urban planning is the technique of planning urban space, as the setting of human life, to be safe, comfortable, and beautiful, and of bringing that plan to reality. Based on urban analytics, this lab reproduces or decodes complex urban phenomena with mathematical methods.
*Illustrative imageContinuity of Pedestrian Space and European Urban Form
Continuous pedestrian space is considered to contribute greatly to the liveliness of commercial districts, the ease of strolling between destinations, and comfort in daily life. Focusing on representative European cities, the lab treats urban form and pedestrian space as a single whole and attempts to evaluate the continuity of space.
*Illustrative imageEstimating the Viewing Positions of Landscape Paintings
Using works by renowned Italian painters of the 18th and 19th centuries as research material, the lab develops a method that uses camera calibration to accurately estimate, from information in paintings and maps, the viewing positions from which landscape paintings were painted. It examines the relationship among the viewing position, the painting, and the actual scene.
*Illustrative imageTransformation of Modern European and American Cities Seen Through Image Recognition
As pioneering research using image recognition in the urban field, this work aims to clarify the transformation of modern cities, both quantitatively and qualitatively, using only the image information of maps.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorZHAO SHICHEN
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “DL SLICER” Ulzhanbis / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Continuity of Pedestrian Space and European Urban Form: “Street performer Old Town Market Square Kraków POLAND October 2012” Caio / CC0 (cropped)
- Estimating the Viewing Positions of Landscape Paintings: “Landscape Painting 01” Gary Todd / CC0 (cropped)
- Transformation of Modern European and American Cities Seen Through Image Recognition: “Boulevard Saint-Jacques, Beaune - La Bouzaize ( )” Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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